What gets spread into the air when you flush? Research published in 2013 by the University of Oklahoma and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that fecal matter, along with ...

“All that air when you flush goes somewhere, and it carries the viruses that are in the toilet bowl out of it.” Previous research has shown that shutting the lid reduced the spread of germs ...

Pardon us while we scrub our toilet bowls with Lysol and stock up on toilet tank disinfectant dispensers. American Journal of Infection Control, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2023.11.020 (About DOIs).